This month’s MCE/ADA Day emphasizes architects’ ability to changes peoples’ lives through design. In the morning session, Jan Garrett, Esq., will review universal design and accessibility standards and how they benefit people with disabilities. In the afternoon session, Ally Watts, AIA, CASp, will present tools for understanding and navigating Chapter 11B, providing examples of local design that are “elegant solutions” to ADA and CBC requirements. We encourage you to bring your copy of Chapter 11B to follow along.

We will be helping with the Muir Ridge development site on Heron Lane in Martinez. It is a 20 home development which began construction on November 20th. This is a great opportunity to see what goes into the building of a home and what the lines on a plan actually become in the field and at the same time make the dream of home ownership possible for a local family.

Also, the hours worked do count toward IDP credit for those working toward their license. No experience is needed and this is open to all so tell your friends, coworkers, and family to join you!

And since this is also occurring on Valentine’s Day, bring your significant other for a great couples build.

Jeremiah Tolbert, AIA, instructs this ARE Seminar on Schematic Design. This seminar is offered to those looking for a prep seminar in studying for the ARE.

Learning Objectives

1. Attendees will review and access sites; incorporate the implication of human behavior, historic precedent, and design theory in the selection of systems, materials and methods related to site design and construction.
2. Attendees will learn how to interpret site and environmental conditions. Assess and apply systems, materials, and construction methods – incorporating principles of sustainability.
3. Attendees will learn how to incorporate building codes, specialty codes, zoning and other regulatory requirements in site design and construction.
4. Attendees will learn how to analyze the implication of design decisions in the selection of systems, materials and methods incorporated in site design and construction

We will be helping with the Muir Ridge development site on Heron Lane in Martinez. It is a 20 home development which began construction on November 20th. This is a great opportunity to see what goes into the building of a home and what the lines on a plan actually become in the field and at the same time make the dream of home ownership possible for a local family.

Also, the hours worked do count toward IDP credit for those working toward their license. No experience is needed and this is open to all so tell your friends, coworkers, and family to join you!

The competition involves the design of the San Fernando Valley Rescue Mission. Recently, this mission was lost due to fire. A new site has been selected and the AIA San Fernando Valley has worked with the staff of the mission to provide the programmatic requirements. While Survival Outreach Services has served as an emergency stopgap, the loss of the production, donation, residential facilities and half of the vehicles fleet has caused a significant loss of support of the mission’s work with the homeless. This new facility will be enlarged enabling the mission to reduce the homeless population by offering self‐sufficiency, life skills classes and training to the homeless.

Prizes will be rewarded to:

Interns:

1st Place: $1,500.00
2nd Place: $1,000.00
3rd Place: $ 500.00

Students:

1st Place: $ 500.00
2nd Place: $ 300.00
3rd Place: $ 200.00

The competition is open to all NACRB/IDP participants. The project submissions can be from individuals or teams. Credit for IDP hours is available to all participants working with a mentor. Each participant will be responsible for self‐reporting hours as detailed in the IDP Guidelines. A maximum of 300 hours are available. Intern and student submissions will be judged separately.

“Universal Design is the concept of designing and creating built environments that are aesthetic and usable to the greatest extent possible by everyone, irrespective of age, ability, or status in life.”

On this ADA Day our expert presenters, Jan Garrett and Craig Williams CASp, will take a deep-dive into Universal Design. This will include an in-depth look at creative responses and case studies, such as Berkeley’s universally designed, transit oriented Ed Roberts Campus, among others. The differences between ADA and CBC will also be addressed in detail as will enforceable standards, adherence to these standards, legal case studies/court cases and Title II of the ADA which applies to the operations of State and local governments. Ultimately, attendees will achieve an insight into creative responses to accessible/universal design, an updated understanding of the current standards being enforced and the ways in which the ADA/California law regulate and facilitate ‘accessibility’.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this program, attendees:

Will be able to state at least three differences between the American with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG) and the California Building Code (CBC).

Will be able to state two differences between Universal Design concepts and California Accessibility requirements.

Will be able to give at least three examples of creative responses to the 2013 California Building Code accessibility requirements.

Will be able to state at least three enforceable standards regarding public accommodations and how the standards should be implemented.

Just need one or two days? Please call the chapter office at 510/464-3600.

$10 additional fee for any registrations on the day-of the seminar. We cannot guarantee same-day space.

Taught by Larry Wong, SE

Studying for the ARE? The AIA East Bay can help! We offer ARE Prep Seminars for candidates preparing for the ARE. Classes are grouped so you can take the review session to identify and improve areas of weakness, and then take the exam before studying new topics.

AIA members and allied professionals bring their years of knowledge and experience to an informative review session for those familiar with the basic material covered in each section of the exam. At the end of each class students evaluate the course content and materials, as well as the presenter’s knowledge and presentation skills. This ensures the quality of the program is high from year to year.

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